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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY E. WEST, OF BINGHAMTON, NE\V YORK.

THREAD HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part ,of Letters Patent No. 402,498, dated April30, 1889.

Application filed October 5, 1888. Serial No, 287,288. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY E. WEST, of Binghamton, county of Broome, inthe State of New York, a citizen'of the United States, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Thread Holders and Cutters, ofwhich ing had to the acccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an endelevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a side elevation show-Fig. 4 is a sectional view.

This invention relates to an attachment for spools for the purpose ofsecuring the loose end of the thread and cutting it at any lengthdesired.

My object is to produce such an attachment cheap in construction and ofgreat utility.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction andoperation hereinafter described, and which are specifically set forth inthe claim hereto annexed.

It is constructed as follows: A is the spool,

- to one end of which is secured an L-shaped metal plate, B.

1 is a slotway or thread-channel, through which the thread passes fromthe spool.

2 is a piece of rubber or other like material secured to the plate B,with a slotway in its upper face.

3 is the foot of the L-shaped plate, with its centerand part of its sideremoved, and having its upper inner edge sharpened for the purpose ofcutting the thread.

It is operated as follows: When thread is drawn from the spool throughthe slotway 1 to the desired length, I draw it down into the slit in therubber tube, which from its elastic nature grips the thread, and thenpassing the thread into the slotway and under the knife a slight pullcuts off the thread, leaving the thread still gripped in the slit of therubber block and held thereby in conjunction with the slotway 1 againstunwinding. From this itwill be observed that the function and purpose ofthe rubber block with its slit are to hold the thread bothwhile it isbeing cut off and afterward against unwinding from the spool. When anydesired length of thread is unwound, it is passed through the slotway 1,

thence through the slotway 4 in the rubber 2,

and thence along under and through the removed portion of the foot 3,where it is sev ered, thus cutting the thread at any desired length andsecuring the loose end.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a spool and a thread wound thereon, of a metallicplate secured to the spool and provided with a slit in its outer end anda knife upon its inner end, and a slitted rubber secured between theknife and slit, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day ofSeptember, 1888.

MARY E. WEST.

In presence of H. P. DENISON, O. W. SMITH.

